Dr Richard G Smith is a British geographer who has visited half the countries on Earth.

Educated at the Universities of Hull (BA Hons Geography, 1st class, 1992) and Bristol (PhD, 1995 - supervised by Sir Nigel Thrift). Currently works at Swansea University in the United Kingdom. At twenty he graduated with a first class degree, and at twenty four with a PhD.

In Urban Studies, his research on poststructuralist cities initiated a 'post-topographical turn' in urban studies. His research on world and global cities has been reported on extensively in the world's print media. He speaks about cities around the world, recently in Kazan in Russia, and in Bogotá and Medellín in Colombia. He was interviewed about global cities for Colombian TV. His research papers are among the most highly-cited in the world. His current research focuses on poststructuralism, assemblage theory, and actor-network theory with funded research in São Paulo and London on the unravelling of control in the global economy; and, Santander funded research on Rio de Janeiro as a sentient city.

He is the author of numerous articles on Baudrillard's oeuvre. Editor of The Baudrillard Dictionary (Edinburgh University Press, 2010), Jean Baudrillard: Fatal Theories (Routledge, 2009), 'Baudrillard Redux' (Special Issue of Cultural Politics, 2011), and Jean Baudrillard: from Hyperreality to Disappearance: Uncollected Interviews (EUP, 2015). He is an editorial board member of the International Journal of Baudrillard Studies. He organized the first major UK conference on Baudrillard's work in 2006 (4-6 September), and was interviewed in 2014 about Baudrillard for a South Korean TV documentary.